The Capuchin Soup Kitchen provides assistance to people in need … free of charge … every single day! The Capuchin Soup Kitchen receives 99.5% of all funding from individual and corporate contributions and special events. Monetary donations can be sent to:

The Capuchin Soup Kitchen
1820 Mt. Elliott Street
Detroit, MI 48207

You can also use Click and Pledge to DONATE ONLINE.  In the Click and Pledge check-out screen, there is a Comments and Notes box to enter a remembrance for your donation if you so desire. A letter of acknowledgement will be sent to the address you provide.

If you need additional information or wish to donate non-monetary items such as buildings or property, please call the Director of Development at (313) 579-2100 ext. 185.

Many people have called to ask if there are other ways they can help the Capuchin Soup Kitchen provide services and programs to Detroit's people in need. Here are a few planned giving options:

• A Gift through Your Will - Making a bequest in your will is a great way to leave a gift when your current situation leaves you on a tight budget and unable to make gifts during your lifetime.
• A Gift Annuity - When you make a contribution towards a gift annuity, you will receive income for life, a charitable income tax deduction, in addition to making a gift to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen.
• A Gift of Life Insurance - When you name the Capuchin Soup Kitchen as the beneficiary of your life insurance (or as a co-beneficiary), you can make a wonderful gift by making modest insurance premium payments during your lifetime.
• Honor or Tribute Gifts - You may make a donation the Capuchin Soup Kitchen on special occasions like birthdays, anniversaries or holidays. Also, "In Memory Gifts" are received most often in the passing of a loved one. With these type of donations, we will send a card to those you designate to notify them of your gift in their honor.
  

If you would like more information or ideas, please call the Director of Development at (313) 579-2100, ext. 185

Gifts In-Kind

Helping families recover from the tragedy of a fire or establishing a new life out of a shelter is part of the ongoing Capuchin mission. In order to assist these families, we willing accept good usable furniture at the Capuchin Services Center. (Click here for hours of operation and location) Donated household items such as bed and bath linens, dishes, pots and pans, silverware, and small appliances all help displaced families reestablish their households. Working appliances; gas stoves and dryers, refrigerators (no more than 12 years old) and washing machines are also very much in demand.

We are constantly in need of clean, quality clothing for distribution.  Men and children's clothing are always in greatest demand. All of these items can be dropped off at the Capuchin Services Center.

Providing emergency food to those in need is at the core of out Capuchin Mission. Non-perishable food items are always gladly accepted to be distributed to the 200 families that daily come to the Services Center.

During the Thanksgiving season, special programs provide Thanksgiving food baskets to families. At Christmas time, toys and food baskets are distributed to families in need. Turkeys and holiday hams along with new, non-violent toys can be donated for these programs.

The Capuchin Soup Kitchen also accepts the donation of operational cars, boats, motor homes and recreational vehicles. CSK partners with the Volunteers of America who assist in picking up your donation. Contact Lee at 313.579.2100 extension 201. The proceeds from the sale of the donated vehicle benefit the poor and underserved.

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Donate by Mail

Option 1: Fill out online form, print and mail it. Option 2: Print a blank gift form, then mail it. Make your check payable to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen and mail to the following address: The Capuchin Soup Kitchen 1820 Mt. Elliott Street Detroit, MI 48207